DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – In recognition of National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 17–21, 2023, TxDOT is calling on motorists to make driving safely a priority when passing through the state’s thousands of active work zones. According to TXDOT, in 2022, more than 25,000 traffic crashes occurred in work zones in Texas, resulting in 205 deaths…… MORE
DESOTO (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Desoto ISD is banning backpacks for students in grades 6-12 for the remainder of the school year. Starting Monday, April 24th, students will only be allowed to bring a small clutch-size bag for personal care items on campus. “We’re really trying to help students make good decisions around not bringing…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Governor Greg Abbott was in Irving, Tuesday, for the ground breaking of a new regional campus for Wells Fargo Bank. Th new state-of-the-art, twin tower campus will sit on a 22-acre site in the Las Colinas area and will consolidate offices across the metroplex. Abbott said Texas has the largest financial services workforce…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The airline industry and passengers are reacting to Tuesday’s ground stop for Dallas based Southwest Airlines that lasted longer than an hour. Southwest Airlines said it requested the ground stop from the FAA because of a technology issue. “Southwest has resumed operations after temporarily pausing flight activity this morning to work through…… MORE
UPDATE: (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Southwest Airlines has revealed more about the technical glitch that led to the brief grounding of its flights Tuesday morning. The Dallas-based carrier blamed the issue on a third-party “firewall that went down” which caused a drop in connection to some “operational data.” Southwest is allowing customers who had reservations…… MORE